Gautam (Nepali name)

Gautam is a surname of Nepalese origin modified from the anterior surname Gotāmé and the original homeland of the surname identified as Gotamkot in western Nepal.[1]

For other uses, see Gautama (disambiguation).

Origin

Due to religious prosecutions initiated by the Muslim conquest in the Indian subcontinent, it is believed that Kāshidās - a learned scholar and versed in the four Vedas, arrived in Sinja of the Khasa Kingdom from medieval India around 12th century CE "to protect Dharma" and was received with royal respect and honor by the King of Sinja. Descendants of Kāshidās were given a land grant in Gotamkot of present-day western Nepal from where the surname originates.[2]

Kāshidās was a descendant of Ritubhadra, a learned Vedic scholar in the ancient Indian city of Kanyakubja (Kannauj). An inscription in the Shiva temple in Dang Valley mentions in Sanskrit that Kāshidās arrived to Sinja from Kanyakubja (Kannauj) with his disciples "to protect Dharma" and was given royal respect and land grant by the Sinja King.[2]

स्वास्ति श्री गिरिराजचक्रपतिन्ना संप्राथ्र्य सेंजा पुरीम् ।

गंगोल्लासित कान्यकुब्ज विषयादानीय वृत्ति स्थिराम् ।।

दत्वा वैदिक धर्मपालनकृते वेर्गोचिणमग्रणी ः।

काशदिास इतिश्रुतो बुधवर ः वंवासितो भुत पुरा ।।

Notable Nepali persons

References
  1. "Gautamkot, West Rukum". Tourism Hub. 2022-02-25. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  2. Samaj, Gautam (2012). About Gautam Genealogy in Nepal (in Nepali). Nepal: Gautam-samaj.org.
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